ventail

n. ( 中世纪头盔上脸甲下部可上下开合的) 护面具

发音

/ˈvɛn.teɪl/

词形变化

ventails 复数 ventails

别名

ventaile ventaille ventayle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”).

    历史
  2. 2.

    The movable front part of a medieval helmet, originally including the visor but later specifically the separate lower section.

    历史

    The helmet, in its improved state, was composed of two parts; the headpiece, which was strengthened within by several circles of iron; and the visor or ventail, which (as the names imply) was a sort of grating to see or breathe through, so contrived as by sliding in a groove, or turning on a pivot, to be raised or lowered […]

    no ventaille to this darkening / and masked face lifts to grope the air […].

  3. 3.

    A vent or breathing-hole in a medieval helmet, for the admission of air.

    历史 罕用

    398. ventayles : a pun on ventails, 'something acting as a sail or fan', and ventails, the air holes or vents in the vizor of a helmet.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

aventail camail

上位词 1

hood

整体词 1

basinet

词源

From Middle English ventaile (“mail over lower face and neck; lower front piece of helmet; air hole in helmet”), from Old French ventaille (“lower opening in helmet for air”). Related to aventail.

来源：wiktionary